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Population in Mauritius compared to Nepal: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Mauritius was 1,245,779 in 2024 vs 29,651,054 people in Nepal in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mauritius' population is 1,239,793 people compared to 29,630,474 in Nepal.

Population statistics:

  • Nepal's population is 23.9 times bigger than Mauritius'.
  • Mauritius is ranked the 157th most populous country in the world, while Nepal is the 52nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.37% of the world: 0.01% for Mauritius vs 0.36% for Nepal.
  • For the last 10 years, Mauritius has had an average growth rate of -0.09% per year vs +0.66% in Nepal.
  • Since 2006, the population of Mauritius has increased from 1.23M people to 1.24M (0.47% growth), while Nepal has grown from 26.6M to 29.6M (11.5% growth).
  • Nepal is projected to reach its peak in 2067 at 35.8M people, while Mauritius' population already peaked in 2021 at 1.27M people and is projected to decrease to 570K people by 2100.

Mauritius vs Nepal: live population counter

Mauritius Nepal
Current population
1239793
29630474
Population rank 157/197 52/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 0.36%
One net population change
3.05 hours
12.1 minutes
One birth every
41.3 minutes
54.9 seconds
One death every
44.8 minutes
2.55 minutes
One migration net change every
3.14 hours
1.31 minutes
Annual migration change -2,787 -401,282
Daily growth/decline -8 -119
Annual growth/decline -2,868 -43,560
Annual growth/decline rate -0.23% -0.15%
Population growth rate rank 179/197 175/197

Mauritius and Nepal: population history and growth rate by year chart

Mauritius
Population

Growth rate
Nepal
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Mauritius Nepal Mauritius Nepal
1960 680,331 10,123,658 - -
1961 680,757 10,318,396 0.06% 1.92%
1962 700,349 10,521,116 2.88% 1.96%
1963 718,861 10,729,818 2.64% 1.98%
1964 736,381 10,946,392 2.44% 2.02%
1965 753,000 11,173,411 2.26% 2.07%
1966 768,813 11,408,710 2.1% 2.11%
1967 783,917 11,652,716 1.96% 2.14%
1968 798,413 11,906,266 1.85% 2.18%
1969 812,405 12,167,036 1.75% 2.19%
1970 826,000 12,436,190 1.67% 2.21%
1971 839,230 12,710,061 1.6% 2.2%
1972 852,053 12,989,099 1.53% 2.2%
1973 864,819 13,275,239 1.5% 2.2%
1974 878,042 13,568,435 1.53% 2.21%
1975 892,000 13,870,695 1.59% 2.23%
1976 906,507 14,177,649 1.63% 2.21%
1977 921,379 14,499,175 1.64% 2.27%
1978 933,499 14,839,695 1.32% 2.35%
1979 949,888 15,190,590 1.76% 2.36%
1980 966,039 15,553,105 1.7% 2.39%
1981 980,462 15,922,423 1.49% 2.37%
1982 992,521 16,297,987 1.23% 2.36%
1983 1,001,691 16,689,119 0.92% 2.4%
1984 1,012,221 17,085,242 1.05% 2.37%
1985 1,020,528 17,477,692 0.82% 2.3%
1986 1,028,360 17,868,124 0.77% 2.23%
1987 1,036,082 18,250,505 0.75% 2.14%
1988 1,043,239 18,638,661 0.69% 2.13%
1989 1,051,260 19,057,807 0.77% 2.25%
1990 1,058,775 19,524,573 0.71% 2.45%
1991 1,070,266 20,036,500 1.09% 2.62%
1992 1,084,441 20,609,707 1.32% 2.86%
1993 1,097,374 21,180,159 1.19% 2.77%
1994 1,112,846 21,717,479 1.41% 2.54%
1995 1,122,457 22,245,439 0.86% 2.43%
1996 1,133,996 22,741,862 1.03% 2.23%
1997 1,148,284 23,219,463 1.26% 2.1%
1998 1,160,421 23,680,357 1.06% 1.98%
1999 1,175,267 24,125,199 1.28% 1.88%
2000 1,186,873 24,546,509 0.99% 1.75%
2001 1,196,287 24,946,748 0.79% 1.63%
2002 1,204,621 25,328,981 0.7% 1.53%
2003 1,213,370 25,688,758 0.73% 1.42%
2004 1,221,003 26,016,656 0.63% 1.28%
2005 1,228,254 26,309,458 0.59% 1.13%
2006 1,233,996 26,565,425 0.47% 0.97%
2007 1,239,630 26,788,492 0.46% 0.84%
2008 1,244,121 26,990,037 0.36% 0.75%
2009 1,247,429 27,173,035 0.27% 0.68%
2010 1,250,400 27,341,952 0.24% 0.62%
2011 1,252,404 27,464,494 0.16% 0.45%
2012 1,255,882 27,534,915 0.28% 0.26%
2013 1,258,927 27,589,996 0.24% 0.2%
2014 1,261,208 27,672,370 0.18% 0.3%
2015 1,262,879 27,823,629 0.13% 0.55%
2016 1,263,747 27,955,462 0.07% 0.47%
2017 1,264,887 28,011,258 0.09% 0.2%
2018 1,265,577 28,079,689 0.05% 0.24%
2019 1,265,985 28,414,064 0.03% 1.19%
2020 1,266,014 28,966,574 0.002% 1.94%
2021 1,266,334 29,475,010 0.03% 1.76%
2022 1,262,523 29,715,436 -0.3% 0.82%
2023 1,248,647 29,694,614 -1.1% -0.07%
2024 1,245,779 29,651,054 -0.23% -0.15%
2025 1,242,950 29,618,120 -0.23% -0.11%
2026 1,239,793 29,629,406 -0.25% 0.04%
2027 1,236,435 29,727,164 -0.27% 0.33%
2028 1,232,914 29,947,588 -0.28% 0.74%
2029 1,229,227 30,232,115 -0.3% 0.95%
2030 1,225,457 30,509,999 -0.31% 0.92%
2031 1,221,502 30,780,916 -0.32% 0.89%
2032 1,217,208 31,045,411 -0.35% 0.86%
2033 1,212,606 31,304,035 -0.38% 0.83%
2034 1,207,685 31,555,068 -0.41% 0.8%
2035 1,202,449 31,798,003 -0.43% 0.77%
2036 1,196,894 32,033,714 -0.46% 0.74%
2037 1,191,031 32,262,286 -0.49% 0.71%
2038 1,184,867 32,484,801 -0.52% 0.69%
2039 1,178,313 32,700,695 -0.55% 0.66%
2040 1,171,352 32,909,540 -0.59% 0.64%
2041 1,164,041 33,112,254 -0.62% 0.62%
2042 1,156,420 33,309,062 -0.65% 0.59%
2043 1,148,461 33,499,440 -0.69% 0.57%
2044 1,140,167 33,683,331 -0.72% 0.55%
2045 1,131,600 33,861,058 -0.75% 0.53%
2046 1,122,728 34,032,994 -0.78% 0.51%
2047 1,113,607 34,197,261 -0.81% 0.48%
2048 1,104,261 34,352,077 -0.84% 0.45%
2049 1,094,728 34,500,201 -0.86% 0.43%
2050 1,085,083 34,642,021 -0.88% 0.41%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mauritius increased by 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth), while Nepal gained 1,390,037 people (a 5.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mauritius lost -23,954 (a 1.9% decline), while Nepal's population increased by 1,675,012 (a 5.99% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2006 and is 157th in 2026. Nepal was ranked 43rd in 2006 and ranked 52nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Mauritius' population will shrink by 12.5% to 1,085,083 people with a rank change from 157th to 160th. The population of Nepal will increase by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people and rank change from 52nd to 58th.

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